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Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child--the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment--weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest...
2) Be afraid
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Determined to find closure, forensic artist Jenna Thompson, haunted by the brutal murder of her family, returns to Nashville where she is faced with a new horror when she helps Detective Rick Morgan identify the remains of a young child that is linked to a recent spate of killings - and her past.
3) New Year
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In this masterful novel, author Juli Zeh skillfully shifts away from the conventional tale of a middle-aged, middle-class father out for a New Year's Day bike ride to an unexpectedly dark, psychological family drama. Lanzarote on New Year's Day: Henning is cycling up the steep path to Femés. As he struggles against the wind and the gradient he takes stock of his life. He has a job, a wife, two children, yet hardly recognizes himself anymore. Panic...
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"France, 1685. Catherine Gillet knows her brother, Jules, wants to protect her from the sinister threats of the French crown. But Jules is involved in a potentially deadly enterprise, one connected with an encoded document. When his actions put the whole family at risk, will Catherine find a way to save them? Virginia, present day. Renee Talbot, a direct descendant of Catherine's, is fascinated by the document that's been part of her family legacy...
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Healing his daughter is worth risking his heart. After a tragic event leaves Rob Melbourne's little girl traumatised, he'll do anything to help her recover -- even enlist his first love, Juliet Newkirk, and her therapy pup, Moose. Working with Juliet stirs up old feelings for Rob, a distraction he doesn't need. But with the dog's help, the road to healing his daughter might just give Rob and Juliet a second chance at happiness.
6) Ugly me
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Ugly me volume 1
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"She yells. She curses. She fights. Her classmates say she's difficult. Her teacher's say she's the student from hell... Randi Lewis isn't your typical seventh-grader. She's a damaged girl with a secret life who just wants to be a normal, happy teenager. And on her first day of seventh grade, she vows to make this the year she turns it all around. This will be the year that she'll finally let go of her pain and her anger and be happy again. All she...
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"When Henry was a child, something terrible happened in the woods behind his home, something so shocking he could only express his grief by drawing pictures of what he had witnessed. Eventually, Henry's mind blocked out the bad memories, but he continued to draw, often at night by the light of the moon. Twenty years later, Henry makes his living by painting his disturbing works of art. He loves his wife and son, and life couldn't be better...except...
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"Głęboko poruszająca opowieść o mrocznej stronie miłości Dzieciństwo Zoe nie należało do łatwych. Tragiczna choroba i śmierć siostry, a później rozwód rodziców odcisnęły na niej niezatarte piętno. W dorosłym życiu Zoe wysoko podniosła sobie poprzeczkę. Prestiżowe studia, praca na rzecz krzywdzonych dzieci - wszystko po to, by zdobyć miłość i akceptację, których nie dostała w dzieciństwie. Kiedy kobieta zakochuje...
9) Año nuevo
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"En la vida de Henning, todo parece en orden. Tiene un trabajo inspirador, y una familia de cuento. Sin embargo, no se encuentra cómodo en ningún papel y sufre continuos ataques de ansiedad que lo atormentan como un demonio. En busca de calma, decide pasar las vacaciones navideñas en Lanzarote. Pero, al llegar al pueblo de Femés la mañana de Año Nuevo, le sobreviene un recuerdo perturbador: esta no es la primera vez que visita la isla, y algo...
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